Applications Invited for 2021 ANS Crowder-Messersmith Conservation Fund

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About the Organization

The Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation and education. Until 1959, the organization was known as the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia.

The Audubon Naturalist Society inspires residents of the greater Washington, DC, region to appreciate, understand, and protect their natural environment through outdoor experiences, education, and advocacy.

About the Grant

Destroyed by Hurricane Maria, this Marine Life Exhibit was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of the staff and members of the Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust (VCHT) and the Crowder-Messersmith Fund. Mark P. Martin Bras, the Director of Community Relations & Field Research at the Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust, will talk about the important role the smallest aquarium plays in educating islanders and visitors about marine conservation. The Aquarium is an innovative educational aquarium that involves students and community members in the capture and release of organisms, rehabilitation of species and the development of prototypes for mangrove reforestation. He will also discuss other conservation efforts on Vieques. The Trust works to conserve the magical natural resources on this small Caribbean Island, with a special focus on the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world.

The Fund honors Orville Crowder and Don and Sherry Messersmith, leaders in nature tourism, as a means to further global nature conservation. The Crowder-Messersmith Conservation Fund, together with the Audubon Naturalist Society, helps fund small, local conservation and education projects in developing countries by providing seed money to communities and individuals whose projects have not attracted major support from other sources.

Grants have provided more than 160 projects in over 55 countries with start-up costs since 1974. ANS has administered the Fund since 1999.

Application information

Preference is given to projects that will benefit human, plant and animal communities of a particular habitat in an ecologically sustainable manner. Projects must have:

• a benefit to the human, plant and animal populations of a particular habitat in an ecological sustainable manner
• a lasting significance to local residents
• protect threatened or endangered species or habitats
• a public education component.

Deadline

Applications are accepted beginning September 1, 2021. Deadline for receipt is January 6, 2022. Decisions will be announced in April, 2022.

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